by Erika Szivos (Author)
Erika Szívós places the fine arts and their practitioners in the political, cultural, and social context of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. She investigates the influence of European patterns on the public role of the arts and the changing status of the artist in fin-de-siècle Hungary.
Author Biography
Erika Szívós is assistant professor in the Department of Economic and Social History at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, and lectures on central European social, cultural, and urban history. A post-graduate Fulbright scholar at Boston University, she has also received research grants from the Andrew C. Mellon Foundation and Aktion Österreich-Ungarn.
Number of Pages: 300
Dimensions: 1.1 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: September 27, 2011